QA 013 Retrieving ERA5 Magics

Visualising ERA5 Data using Magics¶

This very first example shows how to download ERA5 Data from the Copernicus Climate Datastore using the cdsapi, and use Magics to visualise the result.

Steps:

1. Install ecmwflibs (eccodes + magics)
2. Install python magics
3. (Optional) Download from CDS
4. Plot with magics

In [1]:

!pip -q install --user ecmwflibs

!pip -q install --user ecmwflibs

In [2]:

!pip -q install --user Magics

!pip -q install --user Magics

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!python -m Magics selfcheck

!python -m Magics selfcheck

Found: Magics 'Magics 4.13.0'.
Library: /users/staff/mmustermann/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ecmwflibs.libs/libMagPlus-b5529af9.so
Magics home: /users/staff/mmustermann/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ecmwflibs
Your system is ready.

In [4]:

!pip -q install --user cdsapi

!pip -q install --user cdsapi

In [6]:

import cdsapi

c = cdsapi.Client()

c.retrieve("reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels",
    {
        "variable": "temperature",
        "pressure_level": "1000",
        "product_type": "reanalysis",
        "year": "2008",
        "month": "01",
        "day": "01",
        "time": "12:00",
        "format": "grib"
    },
    "t1000.grib"
)

import cdsapi c = cdsapi.Client() c.retrieve("reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels", { "variable": "temperature", "pressure_level": "1000", "product_type": "reanalysis", "year": "2008", "month": "01", "day": "01", "time": "12:00", "format": "grib" }, "t1000.grib" )

/users/staff/mmustermann/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:1043: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'cds.climate.copernicus.eu'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/1.26.x/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
  warnings.warn(
2024-02-29 16:08:29,467 INFO Welcome to the CDS
2024-02-29 16:08:29,469 INFO Sending request to https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/resources/reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels
/users/staff/mmustermann/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:1043: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'cds.climate.copernicus.eu'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/1.26.x/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
  warnings.warn(
2024-02-29 16:08:29,619 INFO Request is completed
2024-02-29 16:08:29,620 INFO Downloading https://download-0016.copernicus-climate.eu/cache-compute-0016/cache/data1/adaptor.mars.internal-1706428222.4288-13078-11-1b1b05df-f931-47b0-8fe5-a186cdd89a3c.grib to t1000.grib (2M)
/users/staff/mmustermann/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:1043: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'download-0016.copernicus-climate.eu'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/1.26.x/advanced-usage.html#ssl-warnings
  warnings.warn(
2024-02-29 16:08:30,012 INFO Download rate 5.1M/s   

Out[6]:

Result(content_length=2076600,content_type=application/x-grib,location=https://download-0016.copernicus-climate.eu/cache-compute-0016/cache/data1/adaptor.mars.internal-1706428222.4288-13078-11-1b1b05df-f931-47b0-8fe5-a186cdd89a3c.grib)

The data are now ready to be visualised. Here we use an automatic styling. Designed at ECMWF these styles adapted to the parameters to be visualised. We also add a legend and a title, to give more information about the data displayed.

In [7]:

from Magics import macro as magics


data = magics.mgrib(grib_input_file_name = "t1000.grib")

contour = magics.mcont(contour_automatic_setting = 'ecmwf', 
                       legend= True)

legend = magics.mlegend(legend_display_type = 'continuous')
title = magics.mtext()

coastlines = magics.mcoast(map_grid_colour='grey', 
                           map_grid_line_style='dash')

magics.plot(data, contour, coastlines, legend, title)

from Magics import macro as magics data = magics.mgrib(grib_input_file_name = "t1000.grib") contour = magics.mcont(contour_automatic_setting = 'ecmwf', legend= True) legend = magics.mlegend(legend_display_type = 'continuous') title = magics.mtext() coastlines = magics.mcoast(map_grid_colour='grey', map_grid_line_style='dash') magics.plot(data, contour, coastlines, legend, title)

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Last update: February 29, 2024
Created: February 29, 2024